A lecture by Anthony Cummings
The musico-historical importance of Florence is not as well understood as it should be. If Florence was the city of Dante, Michelangelo, and Galileo, it was also the birthplace of the madrigal, opera, and the piano. This lecture will examine Florence’s principal contributions to music and the history of how music was heard and cultivated in the city, from civic and religious institutions to private patronage and the academies.
Anthony Cummings is Professor of Music and Coordinator of Italian Studies at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania. He is the author of Music in Golden-Age Florence, 1250-1750: From the Priorate of the Guilds to the End of the Medici Grand Duchy
If you are in Florence and would like to attend the lecture in person at the British Institute Library, please register here or send an email to bif@britishinstitute.it
The registration fee is 12 Euro per person. All participants are invited to wear a mask throughout the event.
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The virtual doors will open at 18:00 Italian time on Wednesday 10th January.
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